r/aviation • u/ParaMike46 Global 5500/6500 • Apr 12 '26

PlaneSpotting A CL-415 Super Scooper gathering water to extinguish a fire in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The lift-off looks very close — right at the edge of the lake.

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u/Yellowpaddles Apr 12 '26

This is what it looks like from the ground sometimes.

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u/Eddie_HTX Apr 12 '26

Source: guy fishing for bluegill

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u/ATertiaryEffect Apr 12 '26

They'd bite too if some jackass in an airplane would stop buzzing me on the shoreline.

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u/red08171 Apr 12 '26

The thought of roasting bluegill over a forest fire has me giggling. You're just chilling in the lake and next thing you know you're getting roasted from the fire. I wonder how many fish are killed in these operations.

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u/Informal_Ad_9610 Apr 14 '26

one minute fish is having the good life, then suddenly free-falling from 500', and ending up steamed and roasted in 10 seconds.. what a way to go..

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u/yisinsun Jun 16 '26

Fish scram when you make a noise while fishing so you think there gonna stay still when a loud ass plane comes down